Knockdown box.



C. I'. JBNKINSi KNOGKDOWN BOX. APPLICATION FILED MAY 4V, 1909.

944, 6 1 4, Patented Dec. '28. 1909.

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CHARLES FRANCIS JENKINS, OF WASHINGTON. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNORTO SINGLE SERVICE PACKAGE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY. i

KNOCKDOW BOX.

@dietitian Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Det'. 28.. 1909.

v To all whom fit 'may concern.'

Be it known that I. CHARLES Fluxus JENKIAS, 'a citizen of the UnitedStates, re-

siding` at 'IVashingtoin in the District ofiv Columbia, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Knockdown Boxes; and I do herebydeclare the followingl to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled i ily lifted up to aposition at right angles to in the art to which it appertains to ,makeand use the same.

This invention relates to knock down boxes of sheet material, and hasfor its object the production of a box of this nature which will becheap to manufacture, simple in construction and rigid and stift' intrans portation. l i To these ends the invention consists in the noveldetails of construction and combinations of parts more fully hereinafterdescribed and particularly pointed out inthe claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of thisspeeilic'ationz--Fig- 'u ure l represents a perspective View of the boxwith the side walls partially unfolded preparatory to knocking down forshipping; Fig. 2 represents a plan View of the parts knocked down andready for shi nient; Fig. 3 represents an end view of t e` box complete;Fig. 4 is a detail fragmentary View of a corner of one of the endsections, and Fig. 5 a like view showing the other side of said corner.

l represents the side Walls of the box which may be of paper or anyother'suitable sheet material; 2 represents lines of weakness or linesof scoring with which said walls l are provided; 3 represents slots orholes preferably elongated cut through said walls, and It represents endsections preferably made of two or more thicknesses of sheet material,as shown. y

The end sections 4 are partially cut away in their corners to form theshoulders 5,

and .leaving thinner projecting portions 6, as shown. These projectingportions o are about the same thickness, as are the widths of the holes3, and they are adapted to extend through said holes, as best shown inFigs. Land 3, so that the *narrow strip likel portions 7vof the walls 1-abut against the shoulders 5 and thereby form a sti bracing for the box.The end sections 4 are preferably provided with the hinges 8, and theattachg bestillustrated in Fig. i the attachment ofthe hinges 8 to thesections nient of tlie'said hinges to the walls is located at asufficient distance inside the edges of the walls as to permit the saidsections to be `folded over and on top of each other, as That is to say,

4 is along a line t) which is at av considerable distance from the outeredge 10 of the said sections, which permits the same to be readf thewalls l and-placed into the notches 3, ias will be readily understood.The free space ll between the line 9 and the edge 10 of each sect-ionrepresents the portion of the i sections 4 which is unattached `to thehinge,

and a like space l2 exists between the edge 18 of the walls and theline'll representing the limits of the attachment of the hinge 8 to saidwalls l. The two spaces 11 and 12 it will be readily seen enable thesections 4 to be readily lifted up, placed in position, or folded down,as shown in Eig.

15 represents any suitable fastener that may be attached to one edge ofthevWalls 1, and as shown itA preferably consists of a gummed strip ofcloth or paper which may be glued to the meeting edges of the said walls1.

What I claim is l. In a knock down box, the combination lines adaptingthe same to be folded and with slots through said body portion alongoppositeedges thereofaa pair of end closures composed of a plurality ofthicknesses of material, one of said thicknesses being cut away toprovide shoulders against which said body portion is adapted to restrand the other thickness being left'intact to provide projectionsadaptedtn einer said slots; and hinges securing said end sections tosaid body portion insidesaid slots and permitting said closures to foldon top of each other, substantially as described.

l 2. In a knock down box, the combination of a body portion providedWith parallel weakened lines dividing said body into side Walls and intostrip portions; said body portion also provided with a row of slots neareach edge; a pair of end closures composed of a plurality of layers ofmaterial one of which is cut away to forni shoulders against which saidstrip portions rest while another layer is left intact to provideprojecting portions passing through said slots;

walls and into strip portions; said body' ,portion also provided'with'fn row of slots near each edge; a pair of end sections cons1st1ngr oftwo layers of material, one of which is cut away to provide shouldersvagainst which said strip portions rest while the other is left intactto provide. projecting portions passing through said slots; hingessecured to said sections eaving the spaces l1 on vsaid sections,andthevspaces 12'011 vsaid body portion; and agumrned fastening stripsecured to said body portion, substantially as described.

ture, in presence of two witnesses.l CHARLES FRANCIS JENKINS..1

1 Witnesses:

BEATRICE DAILEY, JAMES L. CRAWFORD.

In testimony whereof, I ax Iny signa-'

